I have always been a very strong proponent of what has been called earmarks.
Earlier in my statement, I mentioned that Social Security is one of the most successful Government programs ever created, and the reason for...
we have an obligation to meet, and we are going to do everything we can to meet that obligation.
But to cut the budget by taking job opportunities away from the poorest Iowans is bad math and in some ways just plain mean.
That is all changing. By 2014, by the time we phase this all in, first of all, people will not be locked into a job.
It would create a tremendous challenge for them.
Well, I think all of us now can see from the testimony of all these witnesses that there are profound effects on what we do in Washington an...
The President of the United States cannot spend one nickel of taxpayers' dollars except for what the Congress gives him the authority to do.
It is simply a cascading effect on not only accessibility, but also on success of the students.
some of the proposals are to make drastic cuts in that, which then would reduce the amount of money in the Pell grant program.
I hope to have that through our committee around Easter time.
House Republicans want to roll back Federal funding to fiscal year 2008 levels.
But to just whack it by 50 percent? I don't think so.
We have fought hard in Congress to retain the right and to retain what is a constitutional obligation to direct monies to certain things.
WIA efforts clearly have positive results. But Federal funding levels are too low to meet the need.
We cannot afford to eliminate the tax credits that are helping to make health insurance more affordable for small businesses.
Thank you, Senator, for this opportunity to testify and for you walking with the poorest members of our society.
We continue to make prudent investments in education, infrastructure, and biomedical research--the things that will help us, as President Ob...
